Posted by Not an Immortal on June 8, 2000 at 14:08:58:
In Reply to: Could it not be coded so that... posted by Curious on June 8, 2000 at 13:58:25:
> Could it not be coded so that there were two types of pets? There the ones that naturally follow you out of the realms but you can only have one of (kittens, minotaurs, etc.) I'd think there could be a way to copy of the info (by some other name than pets in the programming) that wrote itself a memory of what zombies/conjurations you have. That way, it'd save them properly? Don't know exactly. I'm no master of C++... but it doesn't seem like a huge bit of code. Then again, I can imagine just adding one skill might take a lot of work (shrug). Just speaking out of my boredom here.
Well, making it so pets were saved would be a simple coding matter, that's not the issue. The problem is, losing your pets is one of the necessary drawbacks of the classes.
If Necros didn't lose their zombies on a crash/quit, then every necro in the mud would have 3-5 level 60 (or higher) zombies, and would never die to players. That's something any sane immortal is not going to allow.